Adenosine production by brain cells
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The early release of adenosine following traumatic brain injury (TBI) suppresses seizures and brain inflammation; thus, it is important to elucidate the cellular sources of adenosine following injurious stimuli triggered by TBI so that therapeutics for enhancing the early adenosine‐release response can be optimized. Using mass spectrometry with 13C‐labeled standards, we investigated in cultured rat neurons, astrocytes, and microglia the effects of oxygen‐glucose deprivation (OGD; models energy failure), H2O2 (produces oxidative stress), and glutamate (induces excitotoxicity) on intracellular and extracellular levels of 5′‐AMP (adenosine precursor), adenosine, and inosine and hypoxanthine (adenosine metabolites). In neurons, OGD triggered increases in intracellular 5′‐AMP (2.8‐fold), adenosine (2.6‐fold), inosine (2.2‐fold), and hypoxanthine (5.3‐fold) and extracellular 5′‐AMP (2.2‐fold), adenosine (2.4‐fold), and hypoxanthine (2.5‐fold). In neurons, H2O2 did not affect intracellular or extracellular purines; yet, glutamate increased intracellular adenosine, inosine, and hypoxanthine (1.7‐fold, 1.7‐fold, and 1.6‐fold, respectively) and extracellular adenosine, inosine, and hypoxanthine (2.9‐fold, 2.1‐fold, and 1.6‐fold, respectively). In astrocytes, neither H2O2 nor glutamate affected intracellular or extracellular purines, and OGD only slightly increased intracellular and extracellular hypoxanthine. Microglia were unresponsive to OGD and glutamate, but were remarkably responsive to H2O2, which increased intracellular 5′‐AMP (1.6‐fold), adenosine (1.6‐fold), inosine (2.1‐fold), and hypoxanthine (1.6‐fold) and extracellular 5′‐AMP (5.9‐fold), adenosine (4.0‐fold), inosine (4.3‐fold), and hypoxanthine (1.9‐fold). Conclusion: Under these particular experimental conditions, cultured neurons are the main contributors to adenosine production/release in response to OGD and glutamate, whereas cultured microglia are the main contributors upon oxidative stress. Developing therapeutics that recruit astrocytes to produce/release adenosine could have beneficial effects in TBI. image
Source: Journal of Neurochemistry
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14018
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G121953963, Adenosine and Traumatic Brain Injury, Role of Cardiac and Renal DPP4, 2,3 cAMP in Traumatic Brain Injury, The 8-Aminopurine Hypothesis, G4136349729, The Renal 2',3'-cAMP-Adenosine Pathway, Role of CNPase in TBI, Emerging Therapeutics for TBI - Acute to Chronic Changes, Emerging Therapeutics for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Acute to Chronic Changes, Pittsburgh Center for Kidney Research, Adenosine in Renal Sympathetic Neurotransmission, G9000087261, G9000092476, G9000212497, G9000234290
OpenAlex ID: W2601748428